Volkswagen Electrical System Wiring Front Underhood
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| VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 1995 | Prior While Driving, Engine cut off, started up again, later upon restart heard popping sound, then smoke came into vent, |
| VOLKSWAGEN CABRIO 1993 | Vehicle Stalled And Caught On fire near the battery underneath the hood. tt |
| VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 2002 | While Driving Fire Started In vehicle. cause unknown. please give any further details.*ak |
| VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 1999 | While Driving 5-10 Mph noticed smoke coming from under the hood. pulled over and saw burning liquid coming from under vehicle on |
| VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 2000 | Srs Light Keeps Coming On. vehicle taken to dealer 6 times, replaced wiring harness once. other times consumer was told vehicle was |
| VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 2001 | Vehicle Caught On Fire Because of electrical system in engine. no prior warnings . contacted dealer, and dealer |
| VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 1996 | Drove Into Parking Lot. heard a noise & vehicle stopped. smoke came from under hood, then flames shot out. |
| VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 1990 | While Driving Could See A light burning on floor of vehicle . consumer got out of vehicle and saw u a blue |
| VOLKSWAGEN EUROVAN 1993 | Consumer Was Traveling About 15mph on a residential street. she had the window rolled up, and she started feeling sick. |
| VOLKSWAGEN CORRADO 1993 | While Traveling Noticed Smoke was coming from under the hood, and engine overheated. dealer has been contacted. |
| VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 1988 | While Traveling Consumer Noticed smoke from the hood. consumer looked under hood, and vehicle was on fire. manufacturer has been notified. |
| VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 1995 | While Driving Vehicle Caught On fire under the dash area, causing knobs on the dash to melt. cause unknown. please give |
| VOLKSWAGEN FOX 1993 | Traveling 45mph, Started To smell gas. heard an explosion. stopped & got out of vehicle. noticed smoke then flames. fire |
| VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 1995 | While Driving, Experienced Sudden loss of powerwhen engine shut down, due to front electrical system wiring harness failure, couldn't restart. |
| VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 2002 | Vehicle Had Been In For an oil change about 8 days ago. vehicle was sitting in garage, when it caught on fire. |
| VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 1996 | After Driving Approximately 1-2 Hours consumer parked vehicle. afterwards found out that fire was shooting from under the hood. |
| VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 2000 | While Driving At 35mph A fire started under the hood, causing consumer to pull over. dealer notified. *ak |
| VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 1999 | Vehicle Was Parked And Smoke started to come from b- piller. aft vehicle was serviced and inspected bydealer it was discovered that |
| VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 1992 | While Drivng Down The Highway vehicle caught on fire on the right underside of the hood, consumer pulled off highway, in less |
| VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 1998 | A Fire Started In engine compartment while driving 45 mph. dealer notified. feel free to provide any further information.*ak |
| VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 1996 | Consumer Was Driving Along And smelled smoke from inside. vehicle was stopped at a stop sign and smoke was coming from rear. |
| VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 1994 | Electrical Harnesses (3) Failed Causing fire.*et |
| VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 1998 | Plastic Part On Orig. harness melted on both front headlamps. the part was changed to eliminate the plastic but no recall was |
| VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 1999 | Car Caught On Fire Shortly after being driven. the car was parked in the garage when the fire started. the fire spread to |
| VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2000 | No Engine Light Came On and i lost power up hill all of a sudden and was almost hit by a car and a semi |
| VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 2002 | At Approximately 9 Pm On 8/31/02, a fire starting beneath the hood destroyed the vehicle as it sat in the driveway of our home. |
| VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2001 | Smoldering Fire Put Out With fire extinguisher. may be related to antilock brake system recall. will contact dealer and manufacturer.*ak |
| VOLKSWAGEN GTI 2002 | Vw Cannot Bring Vehicle Into compliance with warranty......refuses to replace vehicle. no safety defect listed. *ak |
| VOLKSWAGEN NEW BEETLE 2000 | At 4:20pm On 5/28/02 My wife was on interstate 95 near georgetown, ma on the way to the dealership in amesbuy for service |
| VOLKSWAGEN NEW BEETLE 2001 | Headlights Started Browning Out On deceleration at 100 miles. dealer could not verify. at 35,000 miles, headlights flashed all the |
| VOLKSWAGEN NEW BEETLE 2000 | Car Began To Hesitate But did not stall. all panel lights began to flash, also a ''clicking'' sound. there also was |
| VOLKSWAGEN NEW BEETLE 2000 | While Coming To An Intersection and downshifting, instead of the car slowing down, the cruise control turned itself on and proceeded to accelerate. |
| VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2001 | Abs Light Came On At startup, contacted dealer service and told them of the problem, asked if safe to drive. they replied |
| VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 2002 | Fire In Engine Compartment (approximately 2"-3" high 6"-12" inches wide) no action taken by factory after 10 days of having the car in the dealer. |
| VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 1999 | Three Months Prrior To The engine fire, a battery blew up in this car after turning the ignition key. prior to that |
| VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2000 | Numerous Electrical Compnents Have Failed and been replaced. the misfiring on acceleration causes car to thrust forward after applying the throttle. |
| VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 2000 | Vehicle Caught Fire While On way home from work. initial symptom was that vehicle lost power while on highway and stalled. vehicle was |
| VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 1998 | The Vw Dealership Repaired This electrical problem caused by the engine fan control box which also burned wires in the engine harness the dealership only |
| VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 1999 | After The Car Was Sitting for 3 hours the vehcile spontaniously combusted. vw headquarter is being very shady with the cause of incident. |
| VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 1998 | I Am Stuck Paying $650. 00 in repairs for something i think the vw or my extended warranty should cover. no safety defect listed. |
| VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 1998 | I Have Had My Car for a little over a year now and this is the problems i have had... the lights |
| VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 1998 | No Summary Listed For Abov evehicle. *ak |
| VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 1996 | Engine Harness Shorted And Smoked upon starting. part can not be found. vw of america notified and no response in 3 |
| VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 1998 | A Vital Wiring Harness Has failed and possibly burned up causing the car to die in the middle of major expressway. volkswagon claims that |
| VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 1995 | Wiring Under The Hood Is terrible- sunroof latch broke after 2years- battery leaks 3 times causing damages to the power steering reservoir twice, master |
| VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 1995 | No Summary Listed For Above vehicle. *ak |
| VOLKSWAGEN CORRADO 1990 | $10,000 Fire Under The hood of the corrado while driving at 65 mph. no brakes, no seatbelt or harness release. my |
| VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 1998 | Dealer Refuses To Schedule Prompt repair for current headlight failure (request 5-10 days); current headlight failure includes permanent failure of left headlight and intermittent |
| VOLKSWAGEN CORRADO 1992 | Would Like To Know If vw is responsible on fixing the recalls and anything related to them? no safety defect mentioned in summary. |
| VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 1998 | Electrical Systems Are Suspect. these two problems have been into the dealer, but the window, even after being replaced, continues |
| VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 1994 | Electrical Components Failed, Including speedometer, temp gauge, and transmission indicator. engine failed to start intermittently. |
| VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 1999 | 51 Hours After Purchasing My new vw passat gls v6, the brake booster failed, causing violent shaking of the car, stiffening of |
| VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 1999 | Clutch - The Clutch Remained depressed to floorboard even though the gear remained engaged! the car lurched forward into intersection! electrical fire |
| VOLKSWAGEN CABRIOLET 1986 | Additional Problems With Automobile: left indicator light not working, horn broken, back - up lights not working, clutch/transmission needs work (transmission |
| VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 1994 | Wiring Harness Failure Resulted In vehicle fire and damage to other components. |
| VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 1994 | Wiring Harness Wires Rubbed Through causing shorting out and smoking due to location design. |
| VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 1992 | Driver Was On The Highway when the vehicle suddenly lost power and smoke began coming from under the hood and through the fresh air system. |
| VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 1995 | Battery Lost Its Charge Due to failed alternator harness. |
| VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 1998 | The Vehicle Air Conditioning Stopped working in 9/2010. after paying for repair of the ac system it still did not work and the mechanic |
| VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 2004 | Wiring Harness Inside Headlight Assembly wires crack and corrode and causes headlight to periodically go on and off. corrosion seems to be due |
| VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 2001 | I Own A 2001 Volkswagen passat station wagen and have had nothing but trouble with it since i bought it. i had to replace |
| VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 2002 | The 2002 Volkwagen passat 1.8t problem started with the car stalling while driving on the road on saturday july 1 2007, |
| VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 2001 | On Two Separate Occasions the connector and wiring harness providing power to the driver's side and passenger's side headlights on the 2001 |
| VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 1998 | Tl*the Contact Owns A 1998 volkswagen beetle. the vehicle had ex the same failure as indicated in recall # 98v100000. |
| VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 2002 | Right Daytime Driving Light Burned out on 3 occasions. last incident included a melted wiring harness as well |
| VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2002 | melted connector and killed battery. http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3822124 http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3822125 http://www.putfile.com/pic. |
| VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 2001 | The Dash Module Begins To smoke and blows out the instrument cluster. although the fire is inside the dash, it causes a serious |
| VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 2001 | 1. Attempted To Start vehicle; 2. engine then "exploded" resulting in engine fire and destruction of engine and all underhood components. |
| VOLKSWAGEN EUROVAN 1993 | Dt: Contact States A 1993 euro van volkswagen burned while driving. smoke started coming out from underneath the hood. there was |
| VOLKSWAGEN GTI 1996 | Car Alarm Would Go Off when exiting the vehicle and the horn would go off. the failure occured while driving on a |
| VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2001 | I Have A Volkswagen Jetta 2001 vr6 with a bad coil. i found an article from feb 2003 released by vw saying all |
| VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 2001 | Automobile: 2001.5 Vw Passat 1)the headlights stopped working - both the left and the right side. the daylights, the foglights |
| VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 2002 | At About 30,000 Mile, there was a failure of electronic intsrumentation panel due to some kind of short circuit, which they fixed |
| VOLKSWAGEN NEW BEETLE 1998 | 1998 Volkswagen New Beetle Severely overheated, checking out cause found the fuse box on top of the battery housing had melted. this |
| VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2003 | While I Was Driving On the freeway, suddenly a fire started for no reason from under the passenger glove compartment, burning |
| VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2001 | Regular Usage Of Car Resulted in having to repair and replace the spark plug cables on my car. *ak |
| VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 1997 | I Purchased A 1997 Volkswagen passat vr6 at checkered flag bmw in june 2004, and since have discovered that the electrical system is horrible. |
| VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 2003 | While Starting The Vehicle It caught on fire under the hood. local fire department arrived to extinguish the fire. dealer was not notified. |
| VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 1998 | While Pulling Out Of A parking lot vehicle shook violently. also, vehicle lost power. simultaneously, check |
| VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 2000 | After Parking The Vehicle 5 to 10 minutes consumer noticed smoke, then flames coming from the hood. the fire consumed the vehicle,it |
| VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 1997 | When Driving 25 Mph Consumer noticed black smoke coming from under the hood. consumer turned the vehicle off, opened the hood, |
| VOLKSWAGEN EUROVAN 2000 | Power Windows Failed To Operate. this was caused by an electrical fire in the wiring harness that burnt the insulation.*ak |
| VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 2000 | While Backing Out Of Driveway and without prior warning smoke was coming from inside of the vehicle vents. vehicle caught on |
| VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 1998 | The Vehicle Experienced Symptoms Of recall 98v-100000 which was related to the vehicles electrical wiring under the hood. the consumers vehicle was not |
| VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 1998 | While Driving Saw Smoke Coming out from under the hood. pulled over, opened hood and saw vehicle was on fire. vehicle suffered |
| VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE 1998 | The Vehicle Experienced The Same problem regarding the electrical system as stated in recall#98v100000, however the vehicle identification number was not included in the |
| VOLKSWAGEN NEW BEETLE 2001 | The Coil Pack On My 2001 volkswagen new beetle burned out causing me to practically stall on a very busy freeway. so far, |
| VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 2001 | I Have Vw Passat, 2001. it has around 30 000 miles on it. the clutch has gone down on this |
| VOLKSWAGEN GTI 2002 | I Own A 2002 Vw gti, today with 2639 miles on it one of my coil packs died, which through some research is |
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